As Trains Go By

[Chorus]

Like CeeLo Green in a sea of red lights

I might as well be famous, since I ain't gon' be white

One way or another, I know I'll be all right

As trains go by - bad times outta sight

[Verse 1] (Judith Hill & Prince)

Telling you that you're not what you can sing

Everything else here but you're born to be

Calling you names while trying to make you cheat

Shoot you dead and leave your body out in the streets

(Tell me what's fair)

[Chorus]

Like CeeLo Green in a sea of red lights

I might as well be famous, since I ain't gon' be white

One way or another, I know I'll be all right

As trains go by - bad times outta sight

[Verse 2] (Judith Hill & Prince)

How can a chokehold never on TV

Still be okay with the NYC PD

Since ninteen hundred sixty five, thought we were free

We talk about you, we talk about me

[Chorus]

Like CeeLo Green in a sea of red lights

I might as well be famous, since I ain't gon' be white

One way or another, I know I'll be all right

As trains go by - bad times outta sight

[Verse 3] (Judith Hill & Prince)

How many bodies need to hit the ground

'For the masses raise their voice and they make a sound

Hold a Cherry Coke, whatever takes them down

Think about a dance when you hear the sound

[Verse 4] (Judith Hill & Prince)

While Martin sleeps, Brother Malcom is awake

This time they won't plop on our piece of cake

Set em free then, friends, let our reparation shake

Everybody shake no time to waste

(No time to waste)

[Chorus]

Like CeeLo Green in a sea of red lights

I might as well be famous, since I ain't gon' be white

One way or another, I know I'll be all right

As trains go by - bad times outta sight